Wrench-handle.



No. 69I,046. Patented Jan. I4, I902.

F. L. GOES.

WRENCH HANDLE. (Application filed Nov. 9, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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FRANKL. COES, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LORING COES d: COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF \VORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

WRENCH HANDLE.

SPEClEFlCALlltON forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,046, dated January 14, 190.2.

Application filed November 9,1901. Serial No- 811650- (No model.)

To all whom it ita/ concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. COEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a newjand usefullmprovementin rench-Handles,ofwhich the following,together with the accom panying drawings, is a specification sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable persons skilled in the art to which this invention appertains to make and use the same.

illypresentinventionrelates to an improved construction in wrench-handles by which the handle-frame is provided with strap-arms or band-sections formed integral thereon and projecting from its outer corners at or near the portion of greatest diameter and adapted to be closed or folded about the wood handle plates and their ends secured by rivet-pi ns or suitable locking attachment,as more fully hereinafter explained.

The object of this invention is to render the handle effieient, strong, and durable, to afford an increased metal wearing-surface outside the wood, and to securely confine the wood parts upon the frame and also prevent checking or splitting. v

The particular subject-matter claimed is hereinafter definitely specified and the features of improvement illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 represents a side view of a wrench having a handle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge or back view of the handleframe and one of the wood side plates. Fig. 3 represents on a somewhat larger scale a transverse section of the handle at line so a; on Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a transverse section of the handle-frame, showing the integral bandsections in extended position or as primarily formed in casting. Figs. 5 and 6 represent transverse sections at similar positions illustrating modification in the form and manner of securing the ends of the band-sections.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the wrench-bar carrying the fixed jaw and hav ing a shank portion that extends into or through the handle. B indicates the movable jaw sliding on the bar, and C the adjustingscrew, all disposed in well-known or suitable arrangement.

D indicates the metal handle-fra me, which comprises a collar portion-2, longitudinally extending edge bars 3 for filling out the handle-form and giving support upon the front and rear edges of the bar-shank A, ashoretofore practiced, and said edge bars integrally united by transverse stays or a connecting '1 web or webs 4, bridging across the intervening bar-shank space. The collar portion,edge bars,.and bridging-Web are preferably all integral in the frame-casting.

. In my present. invention I provide upon the outer angles or side edges of the handle-frame D, approximately at its position of greatest width, oppositelyarranged projecting arms, straps, or band-sections m m, which are cast or formed integral with the edge bars 3,said band-sections being primarily disposed in standing relation, (see Figs. 2 and 4,) but are adapted to be subsequently closed or folded inward about the side plates or wood-scales E at their mid-length, which latter have a suitable groove formed on their exterior at G for receiving the band-sections when the parts are assembled in the completed wrench.

The straps or band-sections are preferably formed as four projections of such length that their ends will abut or match onto each other when folded or clasped about the side plates, thereby forming a full circumferential band or ring of metal around the handle and integral with the edge bars,,as illustrated.

\Vhen the parts are assembled, the wood scales E are seated upon the sides of the frame D, the end tenou under the collar-rim 8. The band-sections are then bent or folded inward by means of suitable tools, sinking the band into the groove of the plates E and bringing their abutting ends together at 5, (see Figs. 1 and .1,) making a complete circleteclasp. The ends of the band-sections are then drilled and the rivet-pins 9 passed through the handle-plates, banshank, and ends of the bandsections at the opposite sides of the handle, the ends of said pins being riveted flush with the exterior, thereby rigidly connecting the parts and securing the end of the band-secl formed upon the sides thereof, said straps tions. The exterior of the band portions,

side plates, collar, and tip-piecefare finishedoff with a smooth flush surface. The band affords a metal Wearing-surface surrounding the swell of the handle and protects the wood or non-metallic plates from rapid wear.

, In lieu of placing the two rivets 9 in trans- ,verse alineinen't the ends of the band-sections m m can be disposed in adjacent offsetting positions and the rivets 9 disposed in longitudinal. alinement 'in respect to their holes through the bar-shank.

In someinstances the meeting ends of .the band-sections m 9% may he made so as to lap onto each other, as at 10 or at 11, and the I pin .19.

overlapping ends secured by a single rivet-' Such modificationis illustrated in i Fig. 5. I

Another inodification is illustrated in Fig. 6, wherein two band-sections 'n n are formed integral upon opposite sides of the handleframe D, eachband-section being of sufficient length to fold or clasp around one of the side plates E and its end adapted; to be secured to the opposite edge of the handle-frame at- 13 by band composed of band-sections formed inte- .gi'al with the-handleframe and folded around f as the side plates or handle-scales, and having their ends secured by rivets or interlock fasteniugs.

2. In a wrench-handle, the metal handleframe provided at its outer edges with arms, straps or band-sections integrally cast or curved or bent inward to circumferentially embrace the side plates, the straps from opposite edges having their unattached ends disposed adjacent to each other, in combination, with the wooden side plates having circu inferential grooves for the reception of said straps, and securing pins or rivets that confine said adjacent ends within the grooves and connect the sides of the handle.

3'. In. a wrench-handle, thehandle-frame provided with projecting straps or band-sections integrally cast or formed upon the sides of said handle-frames, said band-sections circuinferentially embracing-the wood side plates I or handle-scales, their opposite ends abutting upon each other at the sides of the handle and respectively secured by rivet-s that extend through the handle and bar-shank and eonnect'the band ends at the opposite sides of the handle, substantially as set forth.

4. In a wrench-handle, the handle-frame comprising a collar portion,longitudinallyextended edge bars, and a transverse web, or webs, uniting said edge bars across the, shankreceiving space, and provided with projecting baud-sections adapted for surrounding the non-metallic side plates, said collar,edge bars, webs and band-sections all formed integral ina single piece, and adapted to receive the bar-shank and to support the side plates, in

the manner set forth.

Witness my hand this 7th day of November, 1901. FRANK L. GOES. Witnesses:

CHAS. I-I.' BURLEIGH, CHARLES S. BACON. 

